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Brazilian Educators Teach Samba and Bossa Nova Grooves on January 21 in Rockville (MD)
Americans have had a love affair with Brazilian music since the 1962 release of the mega hit album, Jazz Samba featuring Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd. With their fabulous melodies, harmonies and rhythms, the captivating sounds of Brazil continue to roll in on our shores. On Saturday, January 21, an inDepth jazz Clinic and Concert in ...
Jazz Arts Group's PBJ & Jazz Series Features Master Blues Guitarist Sean Carney - Jan. 14
Columbus, OH—International Blues Challenge (IBC) winner and Albert King Best Guitarist Award-winner Sean Carney returns to the Lincoln Theatre on Saturday, January 14, 2012 for a blues-rockin' PBJ & Jazz concert presented by the Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) and Bob Evans Farms. Due to popular demand, this year's season has been expanded to include ...
New Music Seminar Returns to NYC June 17-19, 2012
This year's New Music Seminar (NMS) has been announced for June 17-19, 2012 in New York City. the conference will open with keynote speaker Bob Pittman, CEO of Clear Channel. Pittman has been a key player in Clear Channel Radio's Pandora-like digital radio platform, iHeartRadio. If past New Music Seminars are any indication, these three days ...
Al Jarreau Vocal Scholarship Awarded
Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music, that partnered recently with jazz vocalist Al Jarreau to offer a vocal scholarship in his name, today announced Ethiopia's Nefthalem Mulat was the first student to be awarded the prestigious scholarship. Jarreau, a seven-time Grammy Award winning jazz vocalist, provides one scholarship per semester to attend LA Music Academy; ...
Jazz Education? Priceless
For a moderately sized urban area, I am impressed with the opportunities afforded aspiring musicians, and particularly aspiring jazz musicians. Jazz is really a hard sell. It's been decades since it could be called America's “popular" music. And it was never a major subject in public school curricula. In most contexts, jazz was barely a footnote ...
Jazz Legend Gary Burton Partners with Berkleemusic.com to Teach Jazz Improvisation Online
New Online Course “Gary Burton: Jazz Improvisation" launches on January 9th, 2012 Boston, MA: Berkleemusic.com, the online school of Boston's renowned Berklee College of Music, is unveiling an exclusive new online course with jazz legend, Grammy-award winning artist, and Berklee alum, Gary Burton. “Gary Burton: Jazz Improvisation" provides an unprecedented opportunity for musicians from across the ...
The 2012 Pat Metheny Summer Music Workshop!
National Music Workshop Is Proud To Announce: The 2012 Pat Metheny Summer Music Workshop! For intermediate and advanced jazz musicians, all instruments (limited enrollment) Event to be held August 20-24, 2012, The Spa at Norwich Inn, Norwich, CT The National Music Workshop is proud to announce the 2012 Pat Metheny Summer Music Workshop. World-renowned guitarist, composer ...
Billy Cobham Online Drum School Goes Live
California-based music education technology company ArtistWorks has opened the ArtistWorks Drum Academy today with the launch of online drum schools from two of the world's top drummers: world-renowned fusion and jazz drumming legend Billy Cobham and rock drumming superstar Thomas Lang. Both the Billy Cobham School of Drums and the Thomas Lang School of Drums utilize ...
New Lesson on JazzPianoOnline.com: From Lead Sheet to Arrangement - The Safflower
At the heart of solo jazz piano playing lies the use of spread and rootless voicings. But to truly transform a simple lead sheet into a captivating piece of music involves digging deeper into the jazz player's bag of tricks and employing an array of arranging and reharmonization techniques to develop and intensify the underlying character ...
Berklee College of Music Breaks Ground for 16 Story Tower in Boston
On Thursday, November 30, 2011, the Berklee College of Music broke ground for a 16-story, $100 million new dormitory and music center for the school's student population, located at 160 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston. Attending the groundbreaking were Roger Brown, president of Berklee, Tom Menino, mayor of Boston, and a number of local public official, school ...
